15:00 Presentations of three ongoing research (45 minutes each, including Q&A)
Chair Mark Schankerman, Professor, London School of Economics
(1)"Quality Comparison of International Search Reports (ISRs) by Selectable International Search Authorities (ISAs) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System"
Tetsuo Wada (Gakushuin University) and Setsuko Asami (Tokyo University of Science)

(2) "Effect of Early Patent Disclosure on Knowledge Dissemination: Evidence from the Impact of Introducing Pre-Grant Publication System in the United States"
Yoshimi Okada (Hitotsubashi University) with Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University)